A Garden Only a Mother Could Love

When we first moved to Wisconsin we planted a garden with my brother and sister-in-law. It is located at some friends of theirs, the Buckley's who have a farm and lots of land for planting. Well, that was almost six weeks ago and we hadn't set eyes on it since and needless to say it was engulfed in weeds. But the four of us got to it and weeded and weeded and weeded. The good thing about large weeds is they give you a lot to grab onto so you can pull. Just one weeder/waterer

Now two



Then three (I'm taking the photos)
BTW, they don't let us use the big equipment!

Can you believe it, under all those weeds were tomatoes, radishes, a few peas and some peppers.

Oh, the Stockholm Art Fair, we went and you can read all about it and see some pics on my other blog Threads of Inspiration.

Stockholm Art Fair

Tomorrow we are going to the Stockholm Art Fair in Stockholm, Wisconsin. The village is along the Mississippi River and beautiful. It is juried and will feature about 100 artists. I'm looking forward to it. I'll take my camera and share what I find.

Free Designs

One of my favorite free things on the web is Dover Publishing's weekly free, downloadable designs. They send you an e-mail with a large selection of copyright free images. They can be anything from astrological symbols to dinosaurs to victorian holiday vignettes. Go here to sign up for them. As you can see some are in full color and some are black and white.

S'mores

The other night we had an old fashioned, childhood treat...s'mores! We couldn't find the marshmallow roasting forks or any long sticks in the yard so I improvised...with these forks for lifting turkey out of the roasting pan. The handles are a little short but marshmallows roast fast. They were splendiferous! (the s'mores and the turkey lifters)

Poppies

Poppies are beautiful when they are blooming, but I think I like the seed heads as much, if not more. The composition they create seems very skeletal and spare. I would like to make some drawings of them (I'm posting the drawing idea as a challenge to myself!).

Relaxing

I celebrated the holiday with visiting family. With the cooperation of the weather (sunny and about 78 degrees) we had a picnic. The food was great, the conversation lively and all was well.